| If tomorrow the Mausoleum is torn down,
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| If an atomic explosion shatters the Earth,
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| If the steak is served to me raw -
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| I don't care, I knew the times worse.
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| If black gets into the White House,
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| My wife will start learning aikido
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| And the best friend will tell a joke "with a beard" -
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| I don't care, I knew the times worse.
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| I stood before the last line
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| They told me: "Boy, this is..."
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| And I knew it wasn't!
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| I remember it like now.
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| I remember now.
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| Erasing teeth on tour dust,
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| In a cheap hotel fell from the hooves -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| I'm worse, worse, I knew times worse!
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| If the prisons stop guarding,
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| If in Tel Aviv I see a horse,
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| And the wise Okudzhava will suddenly fall in love with me -
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| I don't care, I knew the times worse.
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| If Carl Lewis loses the race,
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| Taipei becomes the capital of China
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| And in Palestine, a Jew will accept Christianity -
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| I don't care, I knew the times worse.
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| People invited to sit by the fire,
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| I came to them, not knowing how to live until the morning -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| I was in a deep dive from a dream
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| And I would have crashed, but you saved me -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| I'm worse, worse, I knew times worse!
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| This is how I live in the world.
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| Lawns are fake, I walk on them, crushing the grass.
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| And if suddenly I hear a whistle iridescent sound -
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| I don't care, I knew the times worse.
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| No one dares to talk about what is not.
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| And I work during the day and rest in my sleep.
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| And if death creeps up on me -
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| I don't care, I knew the times worse.
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| Today there is someone to start the engine,
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| And there was a time when no one could be found with lanterns -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| But I was happy there - that's the whole paradox.
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| After all, this was my world, there was my home -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| But I was happy there - that's the whole paradox.
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| After all, this was my world, there was my home -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| And, therefore, better, better, I knew the times better.
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| After all, I was happy there - that's the whole paradox.
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| After all, this was my world, there was my home -
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| I remember it like now
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| I remember now.
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| And, therefore, better, better, I knew the times better.
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| And, therefore, better, better, I knew the times better. |